Ben X SLAVE QUEST Public Build 0.06 (Patreon)
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It's done! :)
Here's the link, everyone! PC, Android and Mac versions:
EDIT: New versions of each build now in. There were a few issues with the way rollback and skip worked, solved now! On Android: Press and hold for one second on the right side of the screen for skipping (blocked by options if you don't unlock full skip there) and press and hold on the left for rollback. On PC and Mac it's business as usual. NewGuy also fixed the charge attack on enemies and an issue when dragging the windowed game into a smaller screen!
EDIT 2: Now Android saves don't disappear when you install a new version :)
The changes are way too numerous to list, even if the objective is basically that you don't notice the difference with the Ren'py version :)
NewGuy has created an impressive game engine, with amazing developer tools for me to work easily with. They can read the script and add it to the game, read PSDs and automatically export new layers and import them into the game. There is a script viewer, a character and scene editor, a doll modifier with which I can tweak layer positions manually from the engine without going back and forth between the PSD and the game... And more! We'll tell you more about the engine in the future because if you are interested in making games... it's good. And the way we report bugs now, with a press of a key and through a private site... huge time-saver.
Some tools need improvement, and the porting was an absolute nightmare and has weird patches all over the place, but we will keep improving it from 0.06 to 0.07 and beyond until we have something that's a breeze to use.
I expect 0.07 to take MUCH less time than 0.06 did (no shit, Sherlock, it's been YEARS I hear you say), but I expect 0.08 to take even less than that. The new engine works and devtools are functional. We will improve them, but it's mostly up to me to create the content and release new episodes at this point. Yep, that also means I'm pretty much the only one to blame for delays, but let me tell you, it's good news nevertheless XD
I hope you like the game. Akanoes, NewGuy and myself have poured countless hours into it. Now it's up to you to tell us what can we do to keep making it better (I'm sure there's a few fuckups here and there I forgot to fix, same as always). Thank you from the bottom of my kinky fucking heart,
Newman.